The Flesh and the Fiends Blu-ray
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Posted April 22, 2020 04:10 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of John Gilling's film The Flesh and the Fiends a.l.a. Mania (1960), starring Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, June Laverick, George Rose, and Renee Houston. The release will be available for purchase on July 7.
Synopsis: Synopsis: Dr. Knox (Peter Cushing) is an Edinburgh-based doctor of anatomy whose ideas about research on deceased human bodies are in direct conflict with a law that limits the study of cadavers to criminals who have been executed. With these legal cadavers in short supply, a pair of lower-class greedy grave robbers, William Burke (George Rose) and William Hare (Donald Pleasence), appease the doctor's needs by presenting him with illegal bodies they have exhumed. The pair soon escalate to murder.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: Synopsis: Dr. Knox (Peter Cushing) is an Edinburgh-based doctor of anatomy whose ideas about research on deceased human bodies are in direct conflict with a law that limits the study of cadavers to criminals who have been executed. With these legal cadavers in short supply, a pair of lower-class greedy grave robbers, William Burke (George Rose) and William Hare (Donald Pleasence), appease the doctor's needs by presenting him with illegal bodies they have exhumed. The pair soon escalate to murder.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Includes alternate cut The Fiendish Ghouls a.k.a. Mania
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
- Trailers
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature